ThinkVantage System Update
for Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Vista
Version 3.15.0017
Installation Readme
System Update downloads software, driver and BIOS updates
from a Lenovo server directly over the Internet without
requiring specific user knowledge of where the package is
located or if it is needed by the target system.
Other ways in which ThinkVantage Technologies help you keep
your system up to date and secure are:
- Updates ThinkVantage Technologies automatically through
Active Update.
- Provides a direct connection to Lenovo Service and Support
for ThinkPad and ThinkCentre drivers, software and BIOS
updates.
- Downloads and installs critical updates automatically on a
scheduled basis.
- Helps maximize your system performance and minimize security
vulnerability.
New in 2010-07-25 release
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- Fixed the problem that TVSU displays incorrect error message when Lenovo server is down.
New in 2010-06-03 release
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- TVSU supports Unicode.
New in 2009-07-09 release
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- Add TVSU back into system for preload users.
New in 2009-06-12 release
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- Add the support to Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) with Service Pack 2
New in 2009-05-15 release
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- Maintenance update for UTS
New in 2008-10-20 release
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- In previous versions of System Update, When the user tried to get new
updates, sometimes the message similar to "An error occurred while
gathering user information." appeared. This problem is corrected in this
release.
- An unexpected exception error, that was installed on Vista 64-bit system
after the update is fixed.
New in 2008-8-22 release
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- System Update supports the ThinkVantage Gadget application.
- System Update supports Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows XP
Service Pack 3.
- System Update supports different clickable default billboards for the
USA, Australia, Japan, and other countries and regions around the world.
The billboard for registration, downloading, and installing is disabled.
- System Update will not automatically query the Lenovo Support Center
servers if System Update is launched by the scheduler and the scheduler
mode is set to "Notify."
- System Update supports a new database.xml format in Update Retriever 3.0.
- This release contains the following corrections:
- System Update no longer prompts users to input their name and
password when users searched for updates from share folder without
credentials.
- Corrected a potential security exposure that occurred when users
opened Internet Explorer by clicking the System Update billboard.
- Corrected a problem caused by a hard-coded System Type, which
disabled Active Update and Factory Recovery in the Rescue and
Recovery workspace.
- Corrected a problem that occured on some ThinkPad models, where
System Update incorrectly set the type to ThinkCentre. This
caused the ThinkCentre version of the Lenovo Welcome application
to be displayed instead of the ThinkPad version.
New in 2008-5-15 release
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- System Update supports new animated billboard for America, Australia
and other world-wide countries.
New in 2008-4-29 release
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- System Update is able to detect if a Service Pack is already installed
for Vista, and will not list Microsoft updates that were already installed
as part of that Service Pack.
- Automatically reorder packages in the installation list to reduce the
number of restarts.
- In previous versions of System Update, at the start of each update
search, if System Update updated itself, the user had to click
"Get Updates" again to search for additional updates. In this release,
when System Update finishes updating itself, it automatically continues
the search for other updates.
- System Update no longer creates a temporary folder under C:\ when it
updates itself.
- In the 2008-1-7 and 2008-3-13 releases, the System Update icon status
message incorrectly stated that updates were not available if System
Update was configured to get updates from a customer repository
instead of Lenovo Support Center and was launched in schedule mode. This
problem is corrected in this release.
New in 2008-3-13 release
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- Resolves a System Update performance issue by resetting the scheduler
to retrieve updates from Lenovo servers when requests for updates are
not at their peak. If the scheduler is currently set to retrieve
updates at 11A.M. on the 1st day of each month, this update uses an
algorithm to set the scheduler on each computer to a different day and
time.
- A defect in the scheduler is fixed.
- Corrects the following problems that were introduced in the 2008-1-7
release:
- Corrects a registry setting that prevents the user from accessing
Active Update in the Rescue and Recovery(R) program, Client
Security Solution program, System Migration Assistant program, and
Access Connections program.
- Corrects a registry setting that prevents the factory recovery
feature from being displayed in the Rescue and Recovery workspace.
New in 2008-1-7 release
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- Scheduler supports policies that are deployed by Active Directory.
- A notification icon is displayed when System Update installs updates
that will reboot or power off the client machine, from scheduler mode.
- System Update displays download file size and required amount of
disk space for a package in the pick list.
- Active Update is available. Other ThinkVantage Technologies applications
can update themselves using System Update.
- The User Access Control prompt dialog in Windows Vista is eliminated to
improve the user experience.
- System Update supports manual installation when automatic installation
fails.
Supported systems
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ThinkVantage System Update is supported on the following systems:
- Lenovo 3000 C100, C200, N100, N200, V100, V200 notebook computers
- Lenovo 3000 J100, J105, J110, J115, J200, J200p, J205, S200, S200p,
S205 desktop computers
- All ThinkPad computers
- All ThinkCentre desktop computers
- All ThinkStation desktop computers
ThinkVantage System Update supports additional systems as content is
created for them.
Software requirements
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The following operating systems are supported:
- Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4
- Microsoft Windows XP (32-bit) and its Service Pack 1, 2 and 3
- Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) and its Service Pack 1, 2
Currently the following operating systems are NOT supported:
- Microsoft Windows 7 Beta
Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 with Service Pack 1 or Microsoft
.NET Framework version 2.0 is required for System Update to work
correctly. Use Microsoft Windows Update to ensure that Microsoft .NET
Framework 1.1 or 2.0 is installed on your system.
Downloading the package
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1. Click the file links to download the files from the Web page.
2. When prompted, select a drive and directory in which to save the
downloaded files.
Installing the package
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Uninstall any previous version of ThinkVantage System Update or
IBM Update Connector that is installed on your system. After you
have uninstalled any previous versions do one of the following:
Under Windows Vista
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1. Click Start, then click Start Search.
2. Type systemupdate315-2011-7-25.exe in the search field, then
click Search Everywhere. This will locate the file you just
downloaded.
3. Double-click the executable icon. You might see a dialog
stating "A program needs your permission to continue." If
you see this dialog, click Continue.
4. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Under Windows XP or 2000
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1. Click Start, select Find or Search, then click All Files and folders.
2. Type SystemUpdate315-2011-7-25.exe in the search field, then
click Find Now or Search. This will locate the file you just
downloaded.
3. Double-click the executable icon.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation.
Silent installation of System Update
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System Update can be installed in an unattended (silent) mode,
which enables you to launch the installation using the default settings.
If you want to install System Update in an unattended mode,
follow the steps listed below:
1. Open a command prompt (DOS) session.
2. Using DOS commands go to the folder where you saved the file you
downloaded from the System Update download page.
3. Launch the silent installation by adding the following parameters
to the downloaded filename -s -a /s /v"/qn". For example,
SystemUpdate315-2011-7-25.exe -s -a /s /v"/qn"
Then, press Enter.
4. Wait for the installation to finish.
5. Close the command prompt session.
Considerations
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System Update can be installed on Windows 2003. However, the Lenovo
Support Center does not support Windows 2003. Therefore, when a
user tries to search updates from the Lenovo Support Center, System
Update will return nothing but an error number 42, which means the
Lenovo Support Center Center does not support the operating system.
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